Greece, Italy, and Cyprus have reached an agreement with Israel to lay a pipeline connecting the Jewish state’s gas reserves to the three countries (Southern Europe). Gog/Magog starts salivating.

Blog note: Further prophetic confirmation of the great spoils in Israel coveted by the God/Magog coalition. Follow the money. I smell something … its natural gas. End of note.

Greece, Italy, and Cyprus have reached an agreement with Israel to lay a pipeline connecting the Jewish state’s gas reserves to the three countries (Southern Europe)

Energy minister says deal could help moderate Arab influence in Europe; agreement reportedly reached after EU agreed to invest $100 million in a feasibility study

By TOI STAFF 24 November 2018, 10:03 pm

Greece, Italy, and Cyprus have reached an agreement with Israel to lay a pipeline connecting the Jewish state’s gas reserves to the three countries, in a major project estimated at costing over $7 billion that will supply gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe, as the continent seeks to diversify its energy supply.

According to Hadashot TV, the European Union agreed to invest $100 million in a feasibility study for the project before the agreement was reached over the laying of the longest and deepest underwater gas pipeline in the world. As part of the agreement, Israel and Cyprus will be granted preference over other countries in exporting gas to the European market, according to the report.

Work on the project is expected to begin within a few months, and to conclude within five years, Hadashot TV reported. Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz commented on the deal to Hadashot, saying that it could temper A “For decades, we have complained about the Arab influence in Europe due to oil and gas. The export of gas to Europe will moderate this influence to a certain extent and be a counterweight to Arab power,” he said.

Last December, Steinitz said a study on the project showed that the link is feasible, even though it presents technical challenges due to the depths involved and has an estimated cost of 6.2 billion euro ($7.36 billion). Once frosty, Israel’s ties with Greece and Cyprus have markedly improved in recent years, coinciding with a spat between Israel and regional rival Turkey.

The three countries now hold frequent joint military and civil protection exercises, including a planned joint air force drill that will include Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, and other European countries as part of efforts to bolster stability in the eastern Mediterranean.

In May, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the growing ties between the three countries as building “an alliance for good” through joint trade, tourism, and health endeavors.

“We are building a great alliance, an alliance for good among our three democracies,” Netanyahu said. He called it “almost inconceivable that our countries did not have this warm, intimate, and direct contact” in past years. Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called the project “emblematic” of the cooperation between the three countries.